STEDT
STEDT #6032

*hya

MOUNTAIN GOAT / GOAT ANTELOPE / SEROW

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*sha-yaa ‘IBEX / WILD GOAT’PKC #1208; all supporting forms moved to #6032
Karenic*jajᴬ ‘SEROW, MOUNTAIN GOAT’TL#249

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 13 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Bokarnamorpheme-jaː ‘wild goat’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumisaymorpheme-pmorpheme-yoo ‘wild goat’VanBik 09 PKC: 1208

1.2.2Central Chin8

Lushai [Mizo]zâa ‘goat (wild)’Løffler 85 Paa

1.6Mru1

Mru(ŋə)prefixyàʔ ‘goat (wild)(1)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 151

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Phommʌy³¹morphemeyaʔ³³ ‘mountain goat’Burling 98 Phom

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingpho³ya ‘goat (wild)(1)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 151
Jingpho³ya ‘goat (wild)(1)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 63

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishʔprefix-ya² ‘goat (wild)(1)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 314

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lahu ‘goat (wild)(1)’This is evidently a loan into Lahu; the high falling tone is anomalous, since it does not occur after /h/ in native words. Furthermore, the rhyme *-ya should yield Lahu .Weidert 87 TBTo: 314
Lisuhyà ‘goat (wild)(1)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 314

7Karenic7

*Karenjajᴬ ‘serow, mountain goat’Luangthongkum 13: 249
Bweji³³ ‘serow, mountain goat’Luangthongkum 13: 249
Kayahje¹¹ ‘serow, mountain goat’Luangthongkum 13: 249
Kayanjai³³ ‘serow, mountain goat’Luangthongkum 13: 249
Kayan (Pekon)zà̤ N‘mountain goat, serow’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayawji³³ ‘serow, mountain goat’Luangthongkum 13: 249
Pa-O (Northern)jai³³ ‘serow, mountain goat’Luangthongkum 13: 249

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6032, *hya ‘MOUNTAIN GOAT / GOAT ANTELOPE / SEROW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6032
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6032,
  title  = {{*hya 'MOUNTAIN GOAT / GOAT ANTELOPE / SEROW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6032},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6032}
}